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I think that was lesson #4. I used a really course Norton bench stone. Figured bigger bite = faster thinning... But ended up spending quite some time polishing down the gouges. (really carefully because both middle fingers were hamburger by then lol)

But whew! New respect for the hardness of carbon knives. As cheap as these knives are, they don't grind easy for nothing!

Am I the only one who searched for The Edge from U2 and ended up here?

I would add that there is no such thing as "too late to quit." People have a tendency to keep at stuff if they've already invested a lot in it. Then again, this is how you build muscle memory, lol. I did it with an A-type and a 1k SS.

Aside from, "Don't let your wife find out you bought a bunch of new stones without her knowledge"?
I would say my biggest lesson came when I first started sharpening. It was then that I used nitrile gloves to protect my hands from getting dry and grit embedded. This worked out pretty well until I gained some skill and took the knife to my finisher. This is where things went down hill quite rapidly, as it pulled my glove and consequently my finger under the knife. It cost me 5 stitches and a bit of blood loss (luckily I'm a pro when it comes to stitches). Now I dont sharpen with gloves. Things go much better....

At Death's Door You Only Have 2 choices. Die Happy or Die Regretfully.
Knowing this...........Choose 1 and Live!!!!!!!!!

Tried the same thing once (with shockingly similar results). Then I discovered the power of the draw file technique. Accomplishes the same result but saves your fingers and stones. If I have to thin a knife now that is what I prefer over a belt grinder if the blade has already been heat treated. Good luck on the skin grafts!

Do not tell me I can't, let me succeed or fail. Even a failure is a small success.